The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (in case citations, S.D. Ind.) is a federal district court in Indiana. It was created in 1928 by an act of Congress that split Indiana into two separate districts, northern and southern. The Southern District is divided into four divisions, Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Evansville, and New Albany. Appeals from the Southern District of Indiana are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The court has five judges, four full-time United States magistrate judges and two part-time magistrate judges.
The courtrooms are located in the Birch Bayh Federal Building in Indianapolis.
History The United States District Court for the District of Indiana was established on March 3, 1817, by .Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 392. The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on April 21, 1928, by . Of all district courts to be subdivided, Indiana existed for the longest time as a single court, 111 years.
Divisions of the Southern District
Indianapolis: Bartholomew County, Boone County, Brown County, Clinton County, Decatur County, Delaware County, Fayette County, Fountain County, Franklin County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hendricks County, Henry County, Howard County, Johnson County, Madison County, Marion County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Morgan County, Randolph County, Rush County, Shelby County, Tipton County, Union County, and Wayne County.
Terre Haute: Clay County, Greene County, Knox County, Owen County, Parke County, Putnam County, Sullivan County, Vermillion County, and Vigo County.
Evansville: Daviess County, Dubois County, Gibson County, Martin County, Perry County, Pike County, Posey County, Spencer County, Vanderburgh County, and Warrick County.
New Albany: Clark County, Crawford County, Dearborn County, Floyd County, Harrison County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Jennings County, Lawrence County, Ohio County, Orange County, Ripley County, Scott County, Switzerland County, and Washington County.
Current judges :
Former judges
Chief judges
Succession of seats
List of U.S. attorneys since 1929
NameTerm startedTerm endedPresidents served underGeorge Jeffrey19291933Herbert HooverVal Nolan19331940Franklin D. RooseveltB. Howard Caughran19401950Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. TrumanMatthew E. Welsh19501952Harry S. TrumanMarshall Hanley19521953Harry S. TrumanJack Brown19531956Dwight D. EisenhowerDon Tabbert19571961Dwight D. EisenhowerRichard P. Stein19611967John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson K. Edwin Applegate19671969Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. NixonStanley B. Miller19701974Richard M. NixonJohn E. Hirschman19741975Richard M. Nixon and Gerald FordJames B. Young19751977Gerald FordVirginia Dill McCarty19771981Jimmy CarterSarah Evans Barker19811984Ronald ReaganRichard L. Darst19841984Ronald Reagan John Daniel Tinder19841987Ronald ReaganBradley L. Williams19871988Ronald ReaganDeborah J. Daniels19881993Ronald Reagan and George H. W. BushJohn J. Thar19931993George H. W. Bush and Bill ClintonJudith A. Stewart19932000Bill ClintonTimothy M. Morrison20002001Bill Clinton and George W. BushSusan Brooks20012007George W. Bush Timothy M. Morrison20072010George W. Bush and Barack ObamaJoe Hogsett20102014Barack ObamaJoshua Minkler20152021Barack Obama and Donald TrumpZachary A. Myers20212025Joe BidenThomas E. Wheeler2025PresentDonald Trump
See also Courts of Indiana List of current United States district judges List of United States federal courthouses in Indiana
References
External links United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana United States Attorney, Southern District of Indiana